British Gas Business Southern League Division One South & WestHoneycroft
Saturday 28th February 2009
3.00pm

The Report

Despite matching their Middlesex rivals
for much of the first half and despite only trailing by 1 goal at
the interval, the Rebels capitulated during the 2nd 45 minutes and
fell to an embarrassing 4-0 defeat.

An even opening 20 minutes resulted in
both sides trading periods of pressure, without testing either
goalkeeper. Laurence Brown's shot was blocked, Danny Tilbury missed
the target from a good position following a corner for the home
side, and Yashwa Romeo's mishit shot went out for a throw-in being
the best that either side could manage.

That
was until former rebel Chris Robinson converted Kevin Warner's
header, despite claims that a
Slough free-kick had illegally been taken by an Uxbridge player in
the build-up to the goal.

The Rebels sought to get back into
the game but to no avail, with Byron Bubb (pictured right) wasting 2
free-kicks from promising positions. Minutes later Bubb wasted
another set piece, this time a corner that failed to beat the first
defender.

However,
Slough's best chance of the match thus far came when Yashwa Romeo's
(pictured left) effort forced a good low save from Uxbridge 'keeper
Gary Ross. The home side were however threatening to extend their
lead, with Jamie Jackson saving Kevin Warner's shot, minutes before
Gary Ross again denied Yashwa Romeo, this time tipping his 20 yard
effort wide of the post.

Slough came out for the second half a
completely different side. They weren't chasing down balls, putting
pressure on opposition players or even communicating with each other
very well. The home side had complete dominance over the midfield,
and this paid dividends when Danny Tilbury doubled their lead after
capitalising on a very poor kick from Jackson to get the ball in off
the post.

Slough
did then force a couple of half-chances, but two Rory Smith headers
from successive corners came to nothing. Barely five minutes later,
the game was put beyond doubt when Lee Tunnell volleyed the ball
into the top corner.

It was only another 5 minutes that
separated the last Uxbridge goal from
the next, as the so-called "Rebels" stopped playing. It was Lee
Tunnell again who fired past Jamie Jackson (pictured right) having
been put through by Dave Warner.

At
this point it looked as though Uxbridge would run riot and run away
with the game, and that the Rebels were in for a good thrashing. But
perhaps they felt sorry for the travelling Slough fans who had to
put up with a completely clueless second half performance, as they
seemed to settle for the 4-0 win. Dave Warner saw his penalty saved
low to Jamie Jackson's left after he had been fouled by Dean Harper inside the box.

So, at 4-0 down and the game beyond
us, Slough started to put the Uxbridge goal under a little pressure.
Dean Harper's header hit the crossbar and Gary Ross was forced to
dive well to keep out substitute Roy Gumbs' (pictured above left)
header but it was far too little far too late.

The Teams

Uxbridge

Slough Town

1.

Gary
Ross

2.

Gavin
Brown

3.

Dave
Thomas

4.

Ryan
Wharton

5.

Adrian
Browne

6.

Danny
Tilbury

7.

Chris
Robinson

8.

Kevin
Warner

9.

Lee
Tunnell

10.

David
Warner

11.

Johnnie
Dyer

(12)

1.

Jamie Jackson

2.

Dean Harper

3.

Ryan Fenton

4.

Luke Evans (c)

(14)

5.

Rory Smith

6.

Laurence Brown

(12)

7.

Byron Bubb

8.

Chris Fermie

9.

Danny Jordan

10.

Yashwa Romeo

11.

Scott Webb

(16)

Substitutes

Substitutes

12.

Wayne Carter

(11)

14.

Neil Davies

15.

Dave Lawrence

16.

Chris Owens

17.

Scott Tarr

12.

Roy Gumbs

(6)

14.

Ricky Allaway

(4)

15.

Thomas Attrell

16.

Jagdeep Makh

(11)

17.

Kyle Jeffery

Attendance: 220

Match Officials

Referee

W. Bull

Assistant Referee

K. Petrov

Assistant Referee

P. Wyeth

RebelsOnline Man of the Match

Jagdeep Makh

Showed signed of effort and determination even
when the game was beyond us.

Also a special mention to Roy Gumbs for the same
reasons.

Match Photos

None

Video Clips

None

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